Day: October 19, 2011

Son of 31 Nights, 31 Frights: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'

Another excellent remake worthy of its predecessor. This time around the Red Scare overtones have been jettisoned in favor of a post-Nixon/Vietnam paranoia that sees the enemy as the establishment, conformity, and psychoanalytical self-centeredness. The film circles slowly around an ever-decreasing perimeter of safety as the protagonists first discover then try to escape from the otherworldly menace that claims them one by one.